List of countries & US states that ban cell phone use while driving

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I think the people who break cellphone laws are the same subjective ones who break other similar laws such as speeding, offensive driving, and the rest of the stuff along with it.

It is really a personality trait when it boils down to it. Some people won't do such a thing of texting or calling while driving, others might. Why must the needs of the other groups suffer, and taxpayer dollars be put to waste just because of the fact that certain groups have attention deficit personalities?

From a sociological perspective, I noticed a trend that Humans, no matter what, will always cause more problems than they can solve. Watch them make some cellphone "workaround" hacking device and get it to work without the "cell phone disabler", and when they get pulled over by the officer..

"I'm sorry officer. But my cellphone disabler is turned on, there's no way I could have been talking/texting while driving. See, look! It says ON!"

This same thing occurred with automobile governers. (Click that link, to understand)

In this perspective, the same people are probably the types who are going to try to find a workaround to break the speedlimiter governors in order to get what they want. In that search I put above, plenty examples of people trying to break a "law".

The majority are the ones who still do not cause the overall problem. Must everyone suffer, and/or pay more taxes because of the personality of a selected group?


It's hard to law human nature.
 
Liebling:-))) said:
Yes, I´m total speechless over Foxrac´s posts.

It´s about protect human being´s life, not me.
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I feel bad for you too.

USA will never to be similar to Europe for law enforcement. ;)
 
Foxrac said:
DUI and cell phone still don't compare because both of them has different way to cause any seriousness in accident.

That's your opinion then I have agree to disagree with you, sorry.
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It still comes down to irresponsible behavior by the driver. Drink and drive = irresponsible. Text and drive = irresponsible.
 
jillio said:
It still comes down to irresponsible behavior by the driver. Drink and drive = irresponsible. Text and drive = irresponsible.
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That's your opinion, anyway.
 
Jiro said:
and where did I exactly say JUST? You misunderstood my post but that's ok. Not a big deal.
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I stand correction... You brought up those word "the driving style is based on paying attention on road partially because of autobahn"

It tells itself is just autobahn. We pay attention on ANY roads, not because of autobahn.
 
Foxrac said:
That's your opinion, anyway.
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Yep, it is my opinion that drinking while driving is irresponsible, and that texting while driving is irresponsible. Both distract the driver from the road and the traffic and increase the chance of being involved in a collision.
 
jillio said:
It still comes down to irresponsible behavior by the driver. Drink and drive = irresponsible. Text and drive = irresponsible.
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Speed and drive = irresponsible
Argue and drive = irresponsible
Talk and drive = irresponsible
Dance and drive = irresponsible
Sleep and drive = irresponsible
Music and drive = irresponsible
100 more distracting behaviors to list....

and we already have more serious broad laws to take care of those irresponsible behaviors - Reckless Driving, Careless Driving, and several more.
 
jillio said:
Yep, it is my opinion that drinking while driving is irresponsible, and that texting while driving is irresponsible. Both distract the driver from the road and the traffic and increase the chance of being involved in a collision.
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It's still part of your opinion.

It don't make to change my opinion or pages will be jump due heat debate.

You need learn how to leave people alone.
 
Jiro said:
Speed and drive = irresponsible
Argue and drive = irresponsible
Talk and drive = irresponsible
Dance and drive = irresponsible
Sleep and drive = irresponsible
Music and drive = irresponsible
100 more distracting behaviors to list....

and we already have more serious broad laws to take care of those irresponsible behaviors - Reckless Driving, Careless Driving, and several more.
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So, you want to add one more to the list? Yeah, that makes sense.

I'd like to see someone dance and drive at the same time. How do they reach the gas pedal if they are standing up to dance?
 
Liebling:-))) said:
I stand correction... You brought up those word "the driving style is based on paying attention on road partially because of autobahn"

It tells itself is just autobahn. We pay attention on ANY roads, not because of autobahn.
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do you know what partially means? It means autobahn is just one of the examples because I don't need to waste my time to list several other things because I know you have a common sense. :roll:
 
Foxrac said:
It's still part of your opinion.

It don't make to change my opinion or pages will be jump due heat debate.

You need learn how to leave people alone.
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I'm not trying to change your opinion. I am simply expressing mine. Some people have very strange priorities.
 
Jiro said:
do you know what partially means? It means autobahn is just one of the examples because I don't need to waste my time to list several other things because I know you have a common sense. :roll:
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Yep, Leibling has common sense. She doesn't text and drive.:giggle:
 
jillio said:
So, you want to add one more to the list? Yeah, that makes sense.

I'd like to see someone dance and drive at the same time. How do they reach the gas pedal if they are standing up to dance?
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jillio said:
Yes, I think awareness should be a big part of it. Just as we have an awareness campaign regarding seat belts. Unfortunately, there are some that are so focused on their personal freedom, that they will exercise their right to choose not to wear a seat belt and take the consequences if caught rather than do the responsible thing and buckle up. The same with texting, or IMO, talking on a cell phone while driving.

Unfortunately, the law is difficult to enforce, but not impossible. Chances are, at first, the only time it will be enforced is the same way the seat belt law was at first. They couldn't initially, pull you over for not wearing a seat belt, but if you were pulled over for another reason, or were in an accident, you could be cited for not wearing your seat belt. Now, at least in my state, they are beginning to enforce the law by citing only for not wearing a seat belt. They are particularly vigilent on holidays and periods of high traffic. I would imagine that the texting law would follow the same pattern of enforcement.
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Perhaps that is the case but I have to wonder how much fatalities will occur in order before something needs to be stopped? We don't know how long it will take but there's one thing I do know, A lot of the time, drivers out there that could care any less but it doesn't mean that it should have to be for others who are a law abiding citizen.

It's kind of funny how much freedom we have here but yet, there's more freedom to add more laws to this. Sarcasm works at it's best.

Jiro said:
that's why majority of states & towns do not have it. Because it's nothing more than a knee-jerk reaction. There are far more dire issues that require their attention than spending lot of time and money to enact this UNENFORCEABLE law.

You do know that in legislation process - the time and budget are very limited. Putting a priority on this law means the other laws for more important cases will be delayed for much longer. It's much easier and cost-effective to do awareness program, to improve the driver ed by requiring instructors to emphasize on it, and few more improvements to our current situation (*INCLUDE YOUR SUGGESTION*)

with this DWT Law - how exactly is this enforceable?? The person could be looking down to adjust radio, reading map, or whatsoever. If the cops really want to go extra measure, they will have to issue subpoenas for phone record to see if the person was txting or not - a waste of taxpayer and time.
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Even with the knee-jerk reaction that has been deployed; perhaps the resource of the money is not the answer to everything when there are a lot of people out there that could possibly just simmer it up one way or another.

Yes I am aware that the legislation process is very dense and sensitive but what's the point of getting there when we know we can't exactly count on one to come through? That's the oxymoron of it.

With this DWT Law, It could be enforceable if one were to do texting; Stricter Fines and many more could have come in play with this. Only the idiots out there would not care less if a life was lost which is sad.
 
so Jillio - my question isn't answered in my post #101.

so with those wealth of information you have, any suggestion for this issue beside the law?
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jillio said:
This was staged. It is not something you see on the roads on a daily basis.
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uh.... that's how you can dance while driving. You don't necessarily need to stand up and dance. :roll:

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give it up.... really...... :roll:
 
Jiro said:
do you know what partially means? It means autobahn is just one of the examples because I don't need to waste my time to list several other things because I know you have a common sense. :roll:
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Of course I know what partially is...

Of course I use my good common sense for not text, read, argue, dance, etc like what you made list in your previous post while driving... :roll:

I only tell you that it´s not just autobahn, it makes no difference either either partially or not... but still all the same.




 
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